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It’s important to note: the Romantic Art Movement has nothing to do with...
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
Minimalism was the art movement of many names – ABC Art, Object Art, Primary...
Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
Natural pigments are naturally occurring substances used to impart color and come...
Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
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Bigger, Badder, and More Realistic If you like hot bods, ugly babies, and...
The 20th season of The Bachelor just wrapped up, with software salesman Ben Higgins...
It doesn’t get much better than a Bachelor-art-history mashup.Hopefully you caught...
Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
Oh say can you see
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
Feminist art theory emerged in the 60s in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement...
Snapchat is basically a social media machine for stalking people’s ...
Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is...
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
In any fictional crime show, the detective walks into a scene full of chaos....
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
With Fathers Day around the corner, it’s natural to reminisce about our Pops. Sure...
Carlo Carrà, Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Beginning just nine years...
I’m not saying Hamilton the Musical saved Alexander Hamilton’s face from getting...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
Ssshhhhh…be vewy vewy quiet, I’m weighing my gold!
Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Before there was OkCupid, there was The Cupid Seller by Joseph-Marie...
Who you calling a degenerate? When we say “degenerate” in art history, we...
Mickalene Thomas, Sista Sista Lady Blue, 2007, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art...
The best scene in Woody Allen’s movie "Midnight in Paris" takes place in the...
Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
Dadaism was created with the intention of turning both the art world and the...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
Impressionism at a Glance: You Mean Those Smudges Are Intentional? Flowers,...
Christopher Columbus was not the man your grade school teachers told you about...
The holidays are here! Whether you celebrate this time in church, temple, around a...
Surrealism was the natural next step after the fluster-cuck that was Cubism. It...
Yesterday, we presented you with 6 influential African American artists in art...
Mannerism is the -ism that followed the sophisticated High Renaissance and...
In the final season of BoJack Horseman, paying attention to the art in the...
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
October has arrived! This is by far my favorite month of the year. October marks a...
Every night with you is a Starry Night, Valentine. (By Vincent van Gogh at the...
Of all the Christmas traditions this time of the year, Santa Claus is...
Something very strange was going on in Italy around the turn of the 16th century....
There’s only a month left to find a Valentine (if you don’t already...
Who on this list got kitschy ties? Happy Father’s Day! It’s that special...
The Kiss is all I’ve ever wanted from you, Valentine. (By Gustav Klimt at the...
I hate you, please go away. (Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi...
Modern art is experimental and innovative, as artists respond creatively to a world...
The color blue brings a lot of things to mind - the blue sky, blue-ribbon winners,...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
Vincent Van Gogh once gave artists the following advice: “What is done in...
It’s a cold and foggy day at Sartle HQ and we’re channeling Ginevra here…...
All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
Recently, millionaire real estate magnate Tim Gurner gave some helpful advice to...
July 17th will be the 60th Anniversary of Disneyland’s Opening Day! As a kid, I...
If Baroque art and a can of whipped cream had a baby, it would be the Rococo....
In her seminal 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood paints a...
If you’ve ever carried something cumbersome and metal in a narrow space (say,...
Perspective, in a nutshell, is how much space/distance is shown in a 2D...
(L-R: Tania Houtzager, Ethan Angelica, Erica Gangsei, and Salvador Acevedo)Sartle...
The neighborhood of Harlem in New York City is home to many great things –...
Don’t worry if everyone says STEM is the only field hiring and that a liberal arts...
The Symbolist Movement was born in 1886 as a literary movement by Jean...
Today in art history we toast what would have been the 112th birthday of Modernist...
Who doesn’t love the 4th of July? It’s our nation’s best excuse to fire up the...
As any rabid fan of Ru Paul's Drag Race will tell you, the competing queens are...
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks noted, gardens are places of healing. The Greek...
Ever wondered about Marie Antoinette’s penchant for roses? Or why Frida Kahlo liked...
We are excited to announce that Sartle has created a trivia game, and it is now...
The United States in the 1940s and 1950s must not have been a fun time to be a...
The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
YBAs are so fetch. Once upon a time in the 1980s, London was...
66 years ago today, the world was introduced to the psychedelic masterpiece...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Vincent van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889. In Robert Frost’s...
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
When the United States forcefully opened Japan to foreign trade,...
People Magazine has decided Blake Shelton is the “2017 Sexiest Man Alive”...
If you love Percy Jackson and the Olympians as much as I do, you will fall head...
Andy Warhol. Self-Portrait with Skull, 1977. When I think of Andy Warhol, it’s all...
Aptly titled “The Hangover” by Henri de Toulouse-LautrecAs I sit here typing,...
From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Before oil paint, European artists were at the mercy of eggs. That's because egg...
via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
‘We came here to praise traditional art history survey textbooks, not to bury...
This past Tuesday we were treated to the highly anticipated Democratic debate. In...
One way to look at all art is through the lens of design. All art uses...
This year de Stijl turns 100! A glorious year for primary color...
As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to...
Whether inadvertently or as part of a master plan for world takeover, Kim...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of...
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
Enter Trivium Art History Project. Our friends at Trivium are creating a cathedral...
The Crown Season 2 premieres December 8 on Netflix and it couldn’t be more...
Depression is a nasty condition. Most of the time it leaves you feeling...
“An art book is a museum without walls.” —André Malraux Give the...
The Fluxus Movement was founded in 1960 by Lithuanian American artist George...
Misere is widespread depression caused specifically by the painful juxtaposition of...
Mental health issues restrict an artist’s ability to create. But, art can also...
Art history, but make it fashion. Is the Met better known...
Schizophrenia is that disease that everyone associates with “hearing voices.” There...
The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a magically inspiring art haven...
By the end of the nineteenth century, artists were absorbing the lessons and...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
What happens when you add a fat cat to some of the world’s most famous artworks?...
The power of Edo period art can best be summed up with this quote:...
This will be a strange world without Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. But we’ll...
This masterpiece of weird incestuous erotica is supposed to be a birth announcement...
It’s March Madness and while many fans obsess over their carefully-designed...
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! By the way, did you know your turkey is...
Picture books can be one of the best formats for imparting a love of art and...
Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
Ostagram is a Russian website that combines two images using neural networks, a...
There is such a cliche about artists and madness. Perhaps there’s a bit of truth to...
With recent exhibits on topics ranging from the Manga of Japanese artist Takaya...
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues in the world, so...
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had...
The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
Self-Portrait with Japanese Print by Vincent van Gogh Bipolar disorder,...
Maybe you’ve been experiencing “The Agony and the Ecstasy” of trying to figure out...
If being a ghost feels too basic, but you don’t want to sink to the level...
Pumpkins are everywhere this season. On our doorsteps, in our coffee, in every...
Drunk in love we be all nightAnyway, we made a quiz on Buzzfeed and it’s...
Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
Bow down, witches, ‘cus the Sartle team has carved the best jack-o-...
Happy Halloween! Since this is the season of zombies, vampires and ghosts...
Artemisia Gentileschi. Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, ca. 1620-25. Oil on canvas,...
Careful, might make you howl!
Happy birthday to our well-balanced Libras! Some would say the following artists...
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
And that rhymes awww yiss!Sometimes in art, the clothes the figures are wearing are...
Without further ado, we call this post’s drink the Figure with Meat Whiskey Neat ‘N...
It's a natural history museum, so they have giant dinosaurs!
If you're still unsure about your Halloween costume, let us give you 25 ( plus...
We admit, we miss us some Lady Gaga, which is why we were so excited to see her...
In 2011, the United Nations declared that July 30 would forever be known as the...
It’s nice to see, however, that his latest project (the “Journel (sic) of...
As fans of looking closely and spending quality time with images, it’s no...
The games have nearly begun. And I'm not talking about the Hunger Games,...
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
Never forget
Hippest place in Brighton
Today’s the day that we celebrate some Italian guy who got into a boat and (...
This just in: Sartle makes new friends! Amelia, Victoria, and...
The newest exhibition at the Asian Art Museum advertises itself as an engagement of...
They’re coming for your books. Biblioclasm is the practice of...
At what point do evil dictators shift from making art to collecting it? Well,...
Considerable collections
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Those Swiss have got it all!
To show how far this game of telephone that we call “St. Patrick’s Day” has gone, I...
An art bromance or something more? Land art celebrity and hippie...
We live in a cultural climate that defines things along High School Musical-esque...
Tarantism (n.): a psychological condition characterized by an...
As quickly as it appeared, the Google Arts and Culture app has disappeared from...
Melania Trump's five-day, four country solo trip came to an end on Sunday...
We're outing Hayao Miyazaki as an art nerd. Ok, it’s maybe not the biggest...
The Google Arts & Culture app has recently gone viral dominating the most...
Scripturient, adj.: having a strong urge to write.
What makes a good movie great? A trip to the museum, that’s what. To...
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World If you’re ever judged for your...
Happy holidaze! What better date than 4/20 to launch our new “Stoners” category!? ...
On the eve of the 2017 Primetime Emmys, we at Sartle recall our longstanding...
Stelliferous (adj.) [ste-lif-er-uh s] Having or abounding with stars. The...
[Venice. Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim in her palace on the Grand Canal, 1950 by David...
When we left off in Part 1, we were certain of the inevitable end of Bey Z. To be...
Pictures of beaches, fancy dinners, and people “exercising” aside, I’m...
We didn’t think anything could top Beyoncé’s Formation video until we watched her...
Despite our recent efforts to do right by “The Donald” by generously drafting up a...
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ got us thinking: who did people turn to for...
From The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (Part I) by Sandro Botticelli in the Prado.
All 'bout that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble
Created by Sister Suffragette
Embrace your inner underdog and recreate Rocky Balboa's run to the top!
Get Smart! See art!
It's THE Met
MOMA knows everything goes better with Bacon!
Quality, not quantity
Motor city
Good wine and interesting art
Two museums in one
One of the wealthiest museums in America
Only place that call the Dutch Masters the "North Dutch school"
Named after a beer maker
Will somebody please think of the children??
Put a bird on it
A taste of Asia in the Tenderloin
Sweet Home Alabama
Cooler than an Orange Julius
In the Athens of Australia
It's free, not cheap
